Albion Burbank of Exeter, NH Biography from A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1915)

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Source: A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
         by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill, 1915

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   ALBION BURBANK, who is now living a retired life at No. 38 Pine
street Exeter, N. H., after a long educational career, was born in Limerick,
Me., December 25, 1839, a son of Abner Burbank, by his wife Eliza, whose
maiden name was Eliza Adams Harmon. The father was born in Newfields,
Me., and was reared in that state. Educated in the common schools, he
learned the trade of a surveyor, which he followed for a livelihood, also

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writing deeds and handling estates. A man of local prominence he served
over thirty years as selectman of the town of Limerick, was county commis-
sioner, and at one time represented the town in the legislature. There was,
in fact, scarcely any time during his active career that he was not the incum-
bent of some local office. He and his wife were both members of the Free
Baptist Church. Their children were as follows: Horace H., a veteran of
the Civil war, who for a number of years has been a practicing attorney at
Saco, Me.; Albion, whose name appears at the head of this sketch; Augusta,
who is now in her fortieth year as a teacher, being first assistant in the Bidde-
ford (Me.) high school; Ida E., who was the wife of Edwin Perkins, she
and her husband being both now deceased, and Charles Edwin, an attorney,
now practicing in Boston, Mass.
   Albion Burbank began his education in the common schools of Limerick,
Me., and was subsequently graduated from the Limerick Academy. He then
entered Bowdoin College, where he was graduated in the class of 1862.
Having been admitted to the bar, he practiced as a lawyer for a short time,
and then, giving up that occupation, entered the educational field, becoming
a teacher. His subsequent career, up to 1910, when he retired, was spent in
this vocation, in which he made his mark, being principal of the Exeter high
school for a period of nearly forty years.
   Mr. Burbank was married in 1874 to Miss Olive E. Thompson, of Kenne-
bunk, Me., a daughter of William L. and Olive (Mitchell) Thompson, her
father being a ship builder of that town. The other children in the Thomp-
son family were Joseph P., Susan L. and Horace. Mr. and Mrs. Burbank
became parents of a son, Harry Thompson Burbank, who is a graduate of
Bowdoin College, and is now employed in the chemical department of Phillips
Exeter Academy. He is also first reader in the Christian Science church in
Exeter. Mrs. Albion Burbank died in 1906. Mr. Burbank, the elder, is
president of the library committee, which position he has held and in which
he has served efficiently for many years. He was also police commissioner
for several years. He attends the Unitarian church and is chairman of the
executive committee of the Unitarian Society. In politics he is a democrat,
although not strictly bound by party lines, exercising his own judgment in
the choice of candidates for whom to vote when occasion demands.